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No it's not. Nintendo refers to it as a home console on their official site.

Fred.

It's still a handheld. You need them to spell it out for you?

When a real pokemon game comes to the platform, that's confirmation enough that Nintendo/GameFreak is treating it like a handheld. GF has maintained that they would only release mainline pokemon games on Nintendo's handhelds.

If the switch wasn't a hybrid/handheld we wouldn't be getting the game.

Throw in all the other handheld titles that were previously on the 3DS/DS moving to the Switch. And all those indies that would have gone to the 3DS.
 

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It's still a handheld. You need them to spell it out for you?

When a real pokemon game comes to the platform, that's confirmation enough that Nintendo/GameFreak is treating it like a handheld. GF has maintained that they would only release mainline pokemon games on Nintendo's handhelds.

If the switch wasn't a hybrid/handheld we wouldn't be getting the game.

Throw in all the other handheld titles that were previously on the 3DS/DS moving to the Switch. And all those indies that would have gone to the 3DS.

It's not a hand held. It's a home console (Nintendo's own words) that you can take with you. It's referred to as a console by every retailer selling it, too.

Arguing it's a hand held because you can take it with you is like arguing the Gameboy is a home console because this exists:

Game Boy Player - Wikipedia

As far as ports....I don't even know where you're going with that. Obviously they're porting hand held games to it....it's portable.

Literally no one refers to it as a hand held. They refer to it as a home console, or a "hybrid". I mean....the fact that Nintendo referred to it as the next generation of hardware after the Wii-U....and not the next generation of hardware after the 3DS....should be a big ass clue as to what it is.

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So it's not a handheld, yet there are strong rumors they're releasing a handheld only version...so then it's not a handheld?

Literally no one calls it one...you sure about that?
Nintendo Switch: it's a handheld first, not a console
Is the Nintendo Switch better as a console or a handheld?
Nintendo Gamers Prefer Using Switch As A Handheld Rather Than Docked


and nintendo says a lot of things. They said the DS wasn't a successor to the GBA and they were working on a GBA successor

They said this before the switch launched: "Nintendo President: NX Is Not the Successor "to the Wii U nor to the 3DS"
Nintendo President: NX Is Not the Successor "to the Wii U nor to the 3DS" - IGN

and they wouldn't denounce the 3DS yet, it's still doing well. 3DS is 70+ million strong.

Compare paying as low as 80 bucks for a 3DS to 300 to a switch...once the price lowers and/or the handheld only version drops, Nintendo will push the handheld perspective more.
 

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So it's not a handheld, yet there are strong rumors they're releasing a handheld only version...so then it's not a handheld?

Literally no one calls it one...you sure about that?
Nintendo Switch: it's a handheld first, not a console
Is the Nintendo Switch better as a console or a handheld?
Nintendo Gamers Prefer Using Switch As A Handheld Rather Than Docked


and nintendo says a lot of things. They said the DS wasn't a successor to the GBA and they were working on a GBA successor

They said this before the switch launched: "Nintendo President: NX Is Not the Successor "to the Wii U nor to the 3DS"
Nintendo President: NX Is Not the Successor "to the Wii U nor to the 3DS" - IGN

and they wouldn't denounce the 3DS yet, it's still doing well. 3DS is 70+ million strong.

The Guardian fam? Nintendo Life? :gucci:

The very first line of the quote from the Nintendo president is:

Nintendo's president, Tatsumi Kimishima has reiterated that the Nintendo NX is an entirely new console for Nintendo.

And then more recently than the article you posted, he said this in January of 2018:

Nintendo's president said the Switch is a console 'with a long lifespan'

Speaking with Mainichi, Kimishima said: “In order to be playable in the long term, the second year is crucial. Our task is to add more users, including people who barely touch game consoles.” He also said Nintendo has to expand the game library, take in new players, and raise the Switch as “a game console with long lifespan.”

Console. Not hand held. So....I'm not even sure what we're arguing about here.

I've never even heard of anyone refer to the Switch as a handheld prior to you, and this thread.

Fred.
 

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Persona 5 comin. Thought I was safe after I sold my PS4. put too much time into that game. gonna be hard when it drops on switch

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When there's smoke, smog, a fire truck and bursting fire hydrants...

What I'm wondering is what Persona 5 The Royal is? Is it also coming to the Switch and is it simply a downloadable add on that expands the original game or a whole new $60 release.

I'd think The Royal is like what Golden is to Persona 4.
 

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Downloaded BotW DLC pack, started the game. Is the DLC automatically installed? Or do I need to to something else to start Master Mode?

Edit: Nvm.
 
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